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Tony Mok, MD, on NSCLC: Targeted Treatment Update

ESMO 2018 Congress

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Tony Mok, MD, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, discusses two important studies in non–small cell lung cancer: FLAURA, which looked at the first-line activity of osimertinib and the mechanisms of resistance; and ALESIA, which examined crizotinib dosing.  



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